Multidrug-resistant Elizabethkingia anophelis Septicemia, Meningitis, Ventriculitis, and Hydrocephalus in a Preterm Neonate: A Rare Complication of an Emerging Pathogen

Elizabethkingia anophelis is an emerging pathogen causing neonatal meningitis. Here, we describe the challenging course and necessity of a long 14-week duration of antibiotics in a 12-day-old male neonate with E. anophelis septicemia and meningitis. He developed ventriculitis and hydrocephalus, and needed a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. At 5-month follow-up he had developmental delay.